Besökarna (1988)

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Original title	Besökarna
Swedish release title	Besökarna
Distribution title	The Visitors - Besucher im Haus (Tyskland) Ukjent leieboer (Norge)

Director	Joakim Ersgård
Screenplay	Patrik Ersgård Joakim Ersgård
Production Manager	Ann Collenberg
Director of Photography	Hans-Åke Lerin
Music	Peter Wallin
Production Designer	Jean-Louis von Dardel
Film Editor	Martin Jordan
Production Mixer	Kjell Jansson
Assistant Director	Patrik Ersgård
Stunt Coordinator	Mats Lundberg
Script Supervisor	Filippa Pierrou (as Filippa Wallström)
Executive Producer	Håkan Ersgård
Production Assistant	Magdalena Medén-Britth Lena Strandqvist
First Assistant Cameraman	Björn Olofsson Dan Myhrman
Second Assistant Cameraman	Johan Andersson
Still Photographer	Peter Holmqvist
Special Photographic Effects	Olov Nylander
Steadicam Operator	Mike Tiverios
Gaffer	Ted Lindahl Jan Andersson
Key Grip	Lars Logårdh
Color Timer	Börje Sundberg
Optical Printer	Björn Selander Gunnar Ahlgren
Carpenter	Mats Karlsson Urban Lisinski Roland Romeny Johan Sjölin Ulrika Holmer Ola Bengtsson
Propman	Rickard Molin Marianne Spjuth
Costume Designer	Lenamari Wallström Lena Söderström
Make-up Supervisor	Agneta Lindqvist-Widin Kjell Gustavsson
Construction Coordinator	Ulf Jacobson
Boom Operator	Peter Eklund
Sound Editor	Anders Hultberg
Sound Effects	Anders Larsson
Re-recording Mixer	Kjell Westman
Storyboard	Pontus Ersgård (storyboardtecknare) Ulf Thelander (storyboardtecknare)
Title Design	Ulf Thelander
Other Crew	Rolf Larson (as Rolf Larsson) (ateljéchef) Bo Åström (nattvakt) Roger Agrell (nattvakt) William Forest Brunson (musikproducent) Anders Blomqvist (synthesizerprogrammerare) Lena Strandqvist (barnpassning)
Marketing	Johanne Rudkilde

Kjell Bergqvist	Frank Eriksson, reklamföretagare
Lena Endre	Sara Eriksson, journalist, Franks fru
Johannes Brost	Allan Svensson, amatörparapsykolog
Joanna Berglund	Lotta Eriksson, Franks och Saras dotter
Jonas Olsson	Peter Eriksson, Franks och Saras son
Patrik Ersgård	brevbäraren
Bernt Lundquist	civil polis
Lena Lindblom	expediten på stormarknaden
Per-Gunnar Hylén (as P.G. Hylén)	polis i vägspärr
Mats Lundberg	polis i vägspärr
Leif Grönvall	demon

Production Company	Film 87/88 Besökarna KB		(för)
	MVM Entertainment
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sonet Film AB	1988
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2021
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2008
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Re-recording Mixer	FilmMixarna AB
Other Company	Animagica Film & Video AB		(animation)
	Pionjär Film och Movie Stunts AB		(stunts)
	Helicopter Assistance AB		(helikopter)

Censorship number	127554
Date	1988-04-25
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2991 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 523-451-533-552-473-459 m.

Aspect ratio	Widescreen (unspecified)
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2991 meter
Length in minutes	109 min
Reels	6 reels

Aspvik	Värmdö	Sweden	(hösten)	1987	1987
Sonet Studios	Bromma
	Nacka

Release in Sweden	1988-04-29	Rio	Eskilstuna	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Filmstaden 1	Falun	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Royal	Gävle	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Aveny	Gothenburg	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Spegeln	Helsingborg	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	China 1	Jönköping	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Grand	Kalmar	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Scala	Karlstad	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Grand	Kristianstad	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Filmstaden 1	Linköping	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Filmstaden 5	Luleå	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Camera	Malmö	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Camera	Norrköping	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Draken	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Rival	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Saga	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Filmstaden 1	Sundsvall	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Grand	Södertälje	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Spegeln 1	Umeå	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Spegeln	Uppsala	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Prisma	Västerås	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Camera 1	Växjö	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Saga	Örebro	Sweden	109 min
	1988-04-29	Filmstaden 1	Östersund	Sweden	109 min
TV showing	1990-10-18	TV4		Sweden
	1990-11-02	TV4		Sweden
	1991-06-24	TV4		Sweden
	1997-02-14	SVT1		Sweden
	1998-07-19	TV3		Sweden
	1998-12-19	TV3		Sweden
	2003-11-18	TV3		Sweden
	2006-06-08	TV3		Sweden
	2006-07-06	TV3		Sweden
DVD release	2008-07-28			Sweden
TV showing	2018-05-02	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-05-16	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-06-02	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-06-10	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-06-12	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-06-22	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-06-25	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-07-05	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-07-13	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-07-19	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-07-20	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-07-30	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-02-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-04-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-09-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-02-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden	94 min
	2023-02-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden	94 min
	2023-02-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden	94 min
	2023-02-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden	94 min
	2023-04-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-04-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-09-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2904

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2904

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2991

Element type	Low contrast print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2904

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2991

Element type	Duplicate positive
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Grading data
Carrier type	kassett

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	MVM Entertainment presenterar BESÖKARNA
Tryckeri	Uddenholms offset
Designed by	Ulf Thelander

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	MVM Eintertainment presenterar BESÖKARNA
Tryckeri	Uddenholms offset
Designed by	Ulf Thelander

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Besökarna. Av Joakim Ersgård & Patrik Ersgård.
Extent	168 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	4
Colour prints	14
Behind the scenes prints	1
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Promotion material
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	109 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264